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Raymond Pettibon and Marcel Dzama get interviewed and talk about urine paintings because it’s VICE. [VICE]

The Moving Image Fair granted its second annual Art Award to artists Rollin Leonard and Jessica Faiss; their works will be acquired by the 53 Art Museum in Guangzhou, China. Congratulations! [In The Air]

Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) gets it from the New York Post. They claim it’s more ubiquitous than James Franco. [The New York Post]

What happened to 3rd Ward. According to this report, Next Street, a merchant bank, held the company hostage after it failed to come up with promised funds for the expansion project. Something about this part of the story seems fishy to us. Since when are banks unable to come up with the funds for their investments? [The Observer]

Gene McHugh profiles artist Nate Hill as though he were a fictional character. Pretty brilliant. [Rhizome]

Best headline and subheader of the day: Brooklyn Man Giving Away Life-Size Hamster Wheel to Make Room for Some Friends. UPDATE: It was a hoax. [Time]

Cody Foster & Company, ornament wholesale manufacturer to the world, might be ripping off the designs of craft artists. A Flickr has popped up documenting the company’s copycat designs. [Jezebel, Consumerist]

Jesus. Holland Cotter sure likes the Mike Kelley exhibition at PS1. “Plainly put, the Mike Kelley retrospective, fresh from Europe to MoMA PS1, knocks everything else in New York this fall right out of the ring.” [The New York Times]

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has greenlighted construction for up to 10, 30-story-tall condominiums along Greenpoint’s waterfront. Current residents are especially not happy that Greenpoint’s turning into New Williamsburg. [The Brooklyn Paper]